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  • April 28, 2025

    Pulled Decision Dooms Chicago Disposal Site Suit, Feds Say

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers urged an Illinois federal judge to toss a suit challenging its decision to expand a disposal facility that stores sediments dredged from Chicago waterways now that it has withdrawn that decision.

  • April 28, 2025

    DOJ Wants Live Nation Case Split Between Liability, Damages

    The U.S. Department of Justice asked a New York federal court on Monday to split the case accusing Live Nation of quashing competition in the live entertainment industry by having a jury decide if the company violated antitrust law and the judge decide what remedies to impose.

  • April 28, 2025

    UScellular, Investors Ink $7.7M Deal In Postpaid Biz Suit

    UScellular and the investors who sued the company over its representations about the health of its postpaid mobile phone outfit have agreed to settle their differences for $7.7 million and are asking an Illinois federal judge to sign off on the deal.

  • April 28, 2025

    Boeing Rips Investors' Class Cert. Bid In 737 Max Fraud Suit

    Boeing has told an Illinois federal judge that pension funds and private investors cannot certify a sweeping class action seeking a "jaw-dropping" $15 billion in damages by alleging Boeing repeatedly misrepresented the overall safety and certification process for the 737 Max 8 jets after two deadly crashes in 2018 and 2019.

  • April 28, 2025

    Trump To Target Sanctuary Cities With New Executive Order

    President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday evening directing the attorney general and secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to publish a list of sanctuary cities, which are often found in Democratic states, as they "obstruct" the federal immigration efforts, according to the administration.

  • April 28, 2025

    Judge Weighs Impact Of Top Court Ruling On DOE Grant Cap

    A federal judge hearing a challenge to a Department of Energy grant cap on Monday expressed concerns about the case's potential overlap with a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that cast doubt on a bid to revive federal teacher training grants.

  • April 28, 2025

    Walgreens Opposes Merging 'Non-Drowsy' Labeling Suits

    Walgreens is pushing back on a bid to consolidate two Illinois federal lawsuits alleging the "non-drowsy" label on some of the retailer's cough suppressant medications is misleading, saying the two cases involve different allegations and are at different stages, and arguing that consolidation would cause a delay in the litigation.

  • April 28, 2025

    Feds No Longer Want Convicted Ex-Ill. Speaker To Forfeit $3M

    The federal government has reversed course on a bid for former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan to forfeit more than $3 million in the wake of his partial conviction on public corruption, saying it stands by its legal arguments but was backing off as "a matter of discretion."

  • April 25, 2025

    Judge Urges Creativity For Nonparties In Sprint Merger Row

    T-Mobile, a group of Verizon and AT&T subscribers and a host of nonparty mobile carriers and network operators must try again to hash out a creative yet reasonable way to shield confidential information from the nonparties' anticipated discovery in litigation challenging T-Mobile's merger with Sprint, an Illinois magistrate judge has said.

  • April 25, 2025

    19 AGs Sue Trump Admin Over Anti-DEI School Funding Threat

    Nearly 20 state attorneys general sued the U.S. Department of Education in Massachusetts federal court Friday accusing it of embarking on efforts to withhold funding from educational institutions that engage in vague, undefined, "illegal" diversity, equity and inclusion practices through an agency action passed earlier this month.

  • April 25, 2025

    FDIC Defends In-House Enforcement For Banking At 7th Circ.

    The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has pushed back against a former Illinois community bank chairman's argument that the U.S. Supreme Court's recent Jarkesy decision prohibits the FDIC from using in-house proceedings to bring enforcement claims that seek civil penalties, saying that banking-related actions, like the one at issue, are "different" from what Jarkesy involved.

  • April 25, 2025

    Judge Keeps Boeing Fraud Case In Chicago

    An Illinois federal judge said Friday that equity funds accusing Boeing of defrauding investors by downplaying the 737 Max jets' safety flaws after a pair of deadly crashes in 2018 and 2019 must continue to litigate their claims in Chicago instead of having them heard in Virginia.

  • April 25, 2025

    7th Circ. Upholds Mixed Verdict Over Rolling Paper Ads

    The Seventh Circuit upheld all aspects of a mixed verdict in a dispute between two rolling paper companies, saying that manufacturer HBI International had not violated the Lanham Act but also leaving in place a nationwide injunction against some of the company's advertising practices.

  • April 25, 2025

    Mondelez Says Ghost Can't Use Sour Patch, Other Snack TMs

    Two Mondelez International subsidiaries have filed suit in Illinois to halt Ghost LLC's marketing of energy products that feature Sour Patch Kids, Oreo and certain other iconic snack brand trademarks, claiming Ghost's license to do so ended when Keurig Dr. Pepper began controlling the company.

  • April 25, 2025

    Feds Say Tariff Fight Belongs In International Trade Court

    The Trump administration wants to litigate a challenge to its tariffs in a federal trade court, not the D.C. district court, arguing that the U.S. Court of International Trade is the only venue with jurisdiction to hear the case.

  • April 25, 2025

    Taxation With Representation: Dechert, Brown Rudnick

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, Boeing sells parts of its digital aviation solutions business to Thoma Bravo, Baker Tilly and Moss Adams join forces, Mobico sells its U.S. school bus business to I Squared Capital, and Apollo commits to a joint venture with Bullrock Energy Ventures.

  • April 24, 2025

    21 Democratic AGs Back Susman Godfrey In Trump EO Fight

    Twenty-one Democratic attorneys general filed a brief Thursday supporting Susman Godfrey LLP's fight against President Donald Trump's executive order revoking its access to government resources, saying it threatens lawyers' freedom to represent clients disfavored by the government, such as when John Adams defended British soldiers accused in the Boston Massacre.

  • April 24, 2025

    Ill. Judge Won't Reduce Claims In Defective Smoker Suit

    Grill manufacturer Char-Broil LLC can't escape claims it sold an electric smoker that shocked its users and didn't work correctly even after a recall, a Chicago federal judge ruled on Thursday, rejecting arguments that the buyers' fight is actually with the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

  • April 24, 2025

    Apple, Google, Roblox Duck Game Addiction Suit, For Now

    An Illinois federal judge Wednesday dismissed Apple, Google and Roblox from a parent's proposed class action accusing multiple video game developers and platforms of peddling their addictive wares to children, saying the allegations lack specificity, but left open the possibility of amending the complaint.

  • April 24, 2025

    Jury Deadlocks In Ill. Senator's Bribery Trial

    An Illinois federal judge declared a mistrial in a state senator's bribery trial Thursday after jurors signaled two times in as many days that they couldn't reach a unanimous decision in his case.

  • April 24, 2025

    7th Circ. Backs Employers In Pension Fund Withdrawal Fight

    The Seventh Circuit upheld Thursday a trial court's ruling that two employers aren't required to pay a higher rate calculating how much it would cost to jump ship from a failing pension plan, knocking down arguments from the pension fund that an exception to the rate limit applied.

  • April 24, 2025

    Ill. Justices Affirm Venue Limits For Constitutional Challenges

    The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the limits to where constitutional challenges to a state statute, rule or executive order can be filed, saying that requiring the plaintiff in the underlying case to litigate in a different county "does not deprive it of the opportunity to be heard at a meaningful time and in a meaningful manner."

  • April 23, 2025

    No Need To Look At Tire IP Dispute, Toyo Tells Justices

    Japanese tire giant Toyo Tire Corp. urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday not to examine a Federal Circuit ruling that discarded a $10 million award in a case that's been going on for over a decade around allegations of interfering with a rival's business through patent settlements with other companies.

  • April 23, 2025

    NY, 11 Other States Sue Trump Administration To Block Tariffs

    A dozen states are seeking to block tariffs the Trump administration imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, claiming in a lawsuit Wednesday the tariffs illegally constitute unprecedented tax hikes on Americans and violate constitutional separations of powers

  • April 23, 2025

    Law Firm Fights Sanctions Bid In Mootness Fee Row

    Attorneys at Monteverde & Associates PC urged an Illinois federal judge not to order certain sanctions against them in a challenge to so-called mootness fees paid to settle and dismiss allegedly baseless merger disclosure suits, saying more sanctions would be inconsistent with "well-established" pleading and sanctions standards.

Expert Analysis

  • 7th Circ. Rulings Offer Employee Vaccine Exemption Guidance

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    Dawn Solowey and Samantha Brooks at Seyfarth explain how two recent Seventh Circuit rulings in Passarella v. Aspirus and Bube v. Aspirus could affect litigation involving employee vaccine exemptions, and discuss employer best practices for handling accommodation requests that include both religious and secular concerns.

  • Avoiding Corporate Political Activity Pitfalls This Election Year

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    As Election Day approaches, corporate counsel should be mindful of the complicated rules around companies engaging in political activities, including super PAC contributions, pay-to-play prohibitions and foreign agent restrictions, say attorneys at Covington.

  • Why Attorneys Should Consider Community Leadership Roles

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    Volunteering and nonprofit board service are complementary to, but distinct from, traditional pro bono work, and taking on these community leadership roles can produce dividends for lawyers, their firms and the nonprofit causes they support, says Katie Beacham at Kilpatrick.

  • How NJ Temp Equal Pay Survived A Constitutional Challenge

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    The Third Circuit recently gave the New Jersey Temporary Workers' Bill of Rights a new lease on life by systematically dismantling multiple theories of the act's unconstitutionality brought by staffing agencies hoping to delay their new equal pay and benefits obligations, say attorneys at Duane Morris.

  • Firms Must Offer A Trifecta Of Services In Post-Chevron World

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    After the U.S. Supreme Court’s Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo decision overturning Chevron deference, law firms will need to integrate litigation, lobbying and communications functions to keep up with the ramifications of the ruling and provide adequate counsel quickly, says Neil Hare at Dentons.

  • 5 Tips To Succeed In A Master Of Laws Program And Beyond

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    As lawyers and recent law school graduates begin their Master of Laws coursework across the country, they should keep a few pointers in mind to get the most out of their programs and kick-start successful careers in their practice areas, says Kelley Miller at Reed Smith.

  • NYC Wage Info Bill Highlights Rise In Pay Transparency Laws

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    With New York City the latest to mull requiring companies to annually report employee wage data, national employers should consider adapting their compliance practices to comply with increasingly common pay transparency and disclosure obligations at state and local levels, says Kelly Cardin at Littler Mendelson.

  • Series

    Being An Opera Singer Made Me A Better Lawyer

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    My journey from the stage to the courtroom has shown that the skills I honed as an opera singer – punctuality, memorization, creativity and more – have all played a vital role in my success as an attorney, says Gerard D'Emilio at GableGotwals.

  • How Law Firms Can Avoid 'Collaboration Drag'

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    Law firm decision making can be stifled by “collaboration drag” — characterized by too many pointless meetings, too much peer feedback and too little dissent — but a few strategies can help stakeholders improve decision-making processes and build consensus, says Steve Groom at Miles Mediation.

  • Workday AI Bias Suit Suggests Hiring Lessons For Employers

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    As state laws and a federal agency increasingly focus on employment bias introduced by artificial intelligence systems, a California federal court's recent decision to allow a discrimination suit to proceed against Workday's AI-driven recruitment software, shows companies should promptly assess these tools' risks, say attorneys at Williams & Connolly.

  • What BIPA Reform Law Means For Biometrics Litigation

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    A recently signed Illinois law amending the Biometric Information Privacy Act limits defendants' liability exposure on a per-scan basis and clarifies that electronic signatures constitute a valid written release, establishing additional issues that courts will need to address in future BIPA litigation, say attorneys at Faegre Drinker.

  • Opinion

    Litigation Funding Disclosure Key To Open, Impartial Process

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    Blanket investor and funding agreement disclosures should be required in all civil cases where the investor has a financial interest in the outcome in order to address issues ranging from potential conflicts of interest to national security concerns, says Bob Goodlatte, former U.S. House Representative for Virginia.

  • The Ethics of Using Generative AI In Environmental Law

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    The rapid emergence of generative artificial intelligence tools is challenging environmental lawyers, consultants and government agencies to determine when and how these tools can be responsibly, ethically and productively integrated into their practices to streamline research, predictive analytics and regulatory compliance, say Ahlia Bethea and Pamela Esterman at Sive Paget.

  • Carbon Offset Case A Win For CFTC Enviro Fraud Task Force

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    An Illinois federal court's decision in Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Ikkurty — earning the CFTC a sizeable monetary award that will likely incentivize similar enforcement pursuit — shows the impact of the commission's Environmental Fraud Task Force, say attorneys at Steptoe.

  • RealPage Suit Shows Growing Algorithm, AI Pricing Scrutiny

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    The U.S. Department of Justice's suit against RealPage for helping fix rental rates, filed last week, demonstrates how the use of algorithmic and artificial intelligence tools to assist with pricing decisions is drawing increasing scrutiny and action across government agencies, and specifically at the Federal Trade Commission and the DOJ, say Andre Geverola and Leah Harrell at Arnold & Porter.

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